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pp. 404, b/w illustrations.”The Island of Lost Maps is the story of a curious crime spree: the theft of scores of valuable centuries-old maps from some of the most prominent research libraries in the United States and Canada. The perpetrator was the Al Capone of cartography, a man with the unlikely name of Gilbert Bland, Jr., an enigmatic antiques dealer from south Florida whose cross-country slash-and-dash operation went virtually undetected until he was caught in December 1995″paperback edition
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| ISBN | 0767908260 | |
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| ISBN13 | 9780767908269 | |
| Number of pages | 404 | |
| Original Title | The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime | |
| Published Date | 2001 | |
| Book Condition | Very Good | |
| Jacket Condition | No Dj | |
| Binding | Paperback | |
| Size | 8vo | |
| Place of Publication | New York | |
| Edition | Third | |
| Category: | History | |
| Authors: | Gilbert Joseph Bland, Miles Harvey | |
| Publisher: | Broadway Books |
pp. 404, b/w illustrations.”The Island of Lost Maps is the story of a curious crime spree: the theft of scores of valuable centuries-old maps from some of the most prominent research libraries in the United States and Canada. The perpetrator was the Al Capone of cartography, a man with the unlikely name of Gilbert Bland, Jr., an enigmatic antiques dealer from south Florida whose cross-country slash-and-dash operation went virtually undetected until he was caught in December 1995″paperback edition
| Weight | 1 kg |
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